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Author Topic: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW  (Read 48645 times)

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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #285 on: October 30, 2012, 02:55:07 pm »
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I thought disasters had Trample for places like Haiti.

Did you notice the completely different results of the hurricane in Haiti versus the Dominican Republic (as with every disaster that hits them both)? Once again Haiti got smashed and the Dominican Republic had relatively minor damage. One of them knew how to build sturdy buildings, apparently, and the other... not so much.

Makes me wonder if the people building in Haiti are lazy, incompetent, or just want to be paid multiple times for building the same buildings repeatedly.
Well, in Haiti it's not so much "build a building" as "find some scrap wood and plastic sheeting, and throw together something marginally habitable so you're not sleeping out in the open". Decades -- nay, centuries -- of corruption, mismanagement, unrest, poverty and disasters kind of reduce the local ability to do anything beyond subsistence living.

Also, trees. Trees are wonderfull at keeping the soil where it's supposed to be.
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #286 on: October 30, 2012, 02:58:42 pm »
Yes, but they're not edible. Whereas burning them to make charcoal which you can sell for a few cents puts money in your pocket which you can use to buy edible things.

Yeah, the mass deforestation thing is terrible. Kinda shows what happens when a population reaches levels of desperation unthinkable in most places.
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #287 on: October 30, 2012, 03:47:52 pm »
Why is Haiti not part of the Dominican Republic yet?

Never mind, figured it out. It's the same reason Mexico isn't part of the US yet. It could be, but it's more convenient for us to not have it be.
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #288 on: October 30, 2012, 04:14:36 pm »
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #289 on: October 30, 2012, 04:20:07 pm »
Probably not as deep as the right 2/3s of the picture makes it look, since you can see the wheel on the right side, and the general shape of the gate indicates it's going downward. Also, at least around here, the further you are from the main area, the smaller the plane tends to get.
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #290 on: October 30, 2012, 04:29:42 pm »
I WONDER IF YOU COULD LAND A PLANE IN THAT.
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #291 on: October 30, 2012, 04:30:51 pm »
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #292 on: October 30, 2012, 04:43:33 pm »
MetalSlimeHunt, why are you writing in this thread with CapsLock on?
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #293 on: October 30, 2012, 04:46:37 pm »
BECAUSE ITS BEEN SNOWING NONSTOP FOR THE PAST 48 HOURS WITH NO SIGNS OF CEASING.
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #294 on: October 30, 2012, 04:49:43 pm »
Quote from: MetalSlimeHunt on October 30, 2012, 04:46:37 pm
BECAUSE ITS BEEN SNOWING NONSTOP FOR THE PAST 48 HOURS WITH NO SIGNS OF CEASING.

Ah, your capslock key has iced over. Reasonable enough.
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #295 on: October 30, 2012, 04:52:41 pm »
Quote from: MetalSlimeHunt on October 30, 2012, 04:46:37 pm
BECAUSE ITS BEEN SNOWING NONSTOP FOR THE PAST 48 HOURS WITH NO SIGNS OF CEASING.

Can we trade weather? It's unseasonably warm in Boston and I haven't seen a decent snowfall in two years.
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #296 on: October 30, 2012, 04:59:56 pm »
So, According to the NY Times, They bringing in the Army Corps for the flooding. And the Crane, isstill there, and dangerous. Appearantly, not only is it dangerous, but the counter-weights on it's platform ar putting enormous strain of the building connectors. They say it may take months.

Quote from: Robocorn on October 30, 2012, 04:52:41 pm
Quote from: MetalSlimeHunt on October 30, 2012, 04:46:37 pm
BECAUSE ITS BEEN SNOWING NONSTOP FOR THE PAST 48 HOURS WITH NO SIGNS OF CEASING.

Can we trade weather? It's unseasonably warm in Boston and I haven't seen a decent snowfall in two years.
You can have mine if you want.
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #297 on: October 30, 2012, 05:02:14 pm »
I miss snow sometimes. Not that I want to see how insane San Diego would get if we actually got snow. The highways becoming a parking lot would be the least of our problems.
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #298 on: October 30, 2012, 05:17:13 pm »
Quote from: misko27 on October 30, 2012, 04:59:56 pm
So, According to the NY Times, They bringing in the Army Corps for the flooding.
I believe the phrase was, presumably given facetiously, "National Unwatering SWAT Team"
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Re: Frankenstorm: Class 13^13X HYPERCANE OF BURNING SNOW
« Reply #299 on: October 30, 2012, 06:48:35 pm »

AP photo of Fallout: New York Breezy Point post-fire.
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